Elmer Pendell
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Elmer Pendell (July 28, 1894 – March 18, 1982) was an American eugenicist and sociologist.
Pendell was born in Waverly, New York to George and Ida Harris PenDell. Pendell received his B.S. from the University of Oregon; M.A. from the University of Chicago; PhD from Cornell University; L.L.B. from George Washington University.
Pendell was a first lieutenant in the infantry in first World War where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart. Pendell was an economic analyst for the Republican National Committee in 1944. He was then a researcher for Colorado Senator Eugene Milliken.
Pendell taught as a professor of economics at Cornell, Baldwin-Wallace College, Olivet College, Pennsylvania State, University of Arkansas, Oklahoma A&M, Jacksonville State College. Pendell ended his teaching career at Jacksonville State College, retiring in 1965 after teaching there since 1957.
Pendell was a Republican Party candidate for the Alabama House of Representatives in 1966, losing to incumbent Rep. Hugh Merrill, an ally of Governor George Wallace.
